Cork Leaving Cert student withdraws grade standardisation challenge after getting UCC place

The judge will treat another case by Aine Finnegan as the lead case addressing issues with the 2020 Leaving Cert process

Martha Woods has obtained a place on the UCC Dentistry course and has withdrawn her case. File image

A young Cork woman who got 613 points in the 2019 Leaving Certificate has withdrawn her High Court challenge over the manner in which Leaving Cert grades were standardised this year after getting a place on her course of choice.

Martha Woods, who claimed the standardisation had unfairly impacted on her ambition to pursue a dentistry career, has withdrawn her case because she has since secured a place on her chosen course, dentistry in UCC..